Parachutes large enough to slow the speed down sufficiently, and landing legs robust enough to handle a 2 meter/second landing would probably be heavier and cause more drag than keeping some residual fuel for the powered landing.
On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 6:46 PM, Jay Weekley <[email protected]> wrote: > Seems like that's a waste of fuel when you can use parachutes. > > On December 21, 2015 8:11:18 PM CST, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Pretty cool. Launched, delivered goods to orbit. Landed first stage >> vertically back at the launch site. >> First time ever for that complete chain of events. >> >> Too bad it was a night launch. The landing video is not very good. >> > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >
